My sister, Sativa Transue, was murdered while on vacation in Cancun Mexico by her boyfriend at just 26 years old on November 27th, 2021. What my sister did not know before traveling to Cancun—and what remained unknown to her throughout their three-year relationship—was that she was not his first victim. His first known victim was a cousin whom he violently assaulted by placing the victim’s head on a curb and stomping on it, reportedly for disrespecting his mother. His next known victim was a girlfriend whose nose he broke, along with causing other injuries. That case was ultimately reduced through a plea agreement to fourth-degree assault. As a result, unless someone thoroughly reviewed the full court record, the offense would not necessarily appear to involve domestic violence. He was also later convicted of kidnapping that same woman. For my family to uncover this history, we were forced to individually contact every county in Washington State where we believed he may have previously resided or even passed through. We then had to request and wait for complete records to be sent to us. This was an extremely slow and difficult process. Even now, it is possible there are additional victims we have not yet identified. It should not be this difficult to determine whether someone has a history of violence. For this reason, we are proposing Sativa’s Law. Sativa’s Law would require individuals convicted of violent crimes involving intimate partners—including cases where the original charge is reduced to a lesser offense—as well as individuals convicted of domestic violence, to register on a state and national Domestic Violence Offender Registry. Additionally, this law would require those individuals to disclose their status on the registry to any current or future intimate partners. Similar to the existing sex offender registry, the system would include multiple levels based on the severity of the offense. Individuals placed in the lowest level could have a pathway toward rehabilitation and, after meeting strict requirements over time, potentially petition for removal from the registry. However, individuals convicted of more severe offenses would remain on the registry permanently. Sativa deserved the truth. She deserved the ability to make an informed choice about who she trusted with her life. We cannot change what happened to my sister, but we can change the system that allowed her to walk into danger unknowingly. Sativa’s Law is an opportunity to give future victims something my sister never had: the chance to know.